Tim Martin

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August 23, 2024 Tim Martin 0

Some words of advice about submitting music to AUK, or indeed anywhere else… As you can imagine the AUK virtual postbag is always overflowing with emails from artists keen for us to review their new album […]

Paperback Riders: Iain Dale “The Presidents”

August 9, 2024 Tim Martin 0

With our own general election out of the way, the next big political event will be the US presidential election. The next few months could well reshape America and influence the world’s political landscape for a […]

Karen Jonas “The Rise and Fall of American Kitsch”

August 9, 2024 Tim Martin 0

Using throwaway tat to make serious points about our world, this is an album of great songs that make you ponder. Karen Jonas means business right from the start of ‘Rich Man’s Valley’ which has a […]

Bluegrass Briefs – Kyle O’Brien Band, Mission Hill, Milltown Philosophers, Steve Erickson, Last Hour Bluegrass, Blackwater Railroad Company

August 6, 2024 Tim Martin 0

This time we have a clutch of debut albums and EPs. Sometimes the music we have submitted for this column stretches the definition of Bluegrass, but this time we have mostly quite straight-ahead records, with only […]

Americana On Air – Podcasts and Internet Radio updated for 2024!

August 5, 2024 Tim Martin 2

Back in 2020 we shared the top 10 Americana internet radio shows and podcasts. Since then, podcasting has exploded into a phenomenon that is eating away at the listenership for traditional linear radio. But with internet […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

September 21, 2026 2

If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

September 21, 2026 0

A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”